Business news for Mon, 17 Dec 2007 & with word calls. 6 news.

ROYAL KPN NV, the largest phone company in the Netherlands, will reach nearly 500,000 customers for its television products this year, says Chief Financial Officer Marcel Smits. The company's share of the Dutch television market will be about eight percent, Smits said, according to Bloomberg News. Most of KPN's clients subscribe to Digitenne, which offers digital television for a monthly fee of 6.95 euros (US$10.15). "TV will be an important component of the revenue stream," said Smits. The Hague-based KPN is counting on new services such as television and calls over the Internet to make up for the loss of customers at its traditional phone business. KPN, which started offering Digitenne three years ago, aims to beat its initial goal of 10 percent of the Dutch television market, Smits said without being more specific. "They need new products to offset line losses, and TV is one of them," says Joris Franssen, a fund manager at Kempen Capital Management in

A review set up by the British Treasury has ruled out calls for the reduction of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.

The two European brewers were given until January 21 by the Takeover Panel to launch a formal offer for Scottish & Newcastle or walk away for six months

Federal Reserve ex-head Alan Greenspan calls for direct help for homeowners hit by the credit crunch.

Even as he surges back into the race for his party's nomination, the candidate is annoying Democratic activists with his calls for a new consensual style of politics, but it doesn't seem to be doing him any harm, writes Clive Crook

I get lots of calls from people who paid good money for an item or service only to discover that the company went out of business before it could be delivered.